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Dangerous Beauty

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Dangerous Beauty
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R,1hr 51min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
February 20, 1998
Director:
Marshall Herskovitz
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Jacqueline Bisset  ...more
Synopsis: Marshall Herskovitz directed this look at life in 16th-century Venice, based on Margaret Rosenthal's 1994 book The Honest Courtesan. Positioned outside of the Venetian court, Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) hopes to rise above her station, but her interest in nobleman's son Marco Venier (Rufus Sewell) is blocked since his parents forbid their marriage. Following the path taken by her mother, Paola (Jacqueline Bisset), Veronica becomes a courtesan, finding this gives her a niche in the male-dominated ... Full Synopsis
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Karl Williams, AMG Review
Catherine McCormack makes a ravishing lead in this costume drama that suffers somewhat from the incidental and fractured quality common to period costume dramas based largely on historical fact. A little more poetic license might have smoothed out the rough edges of this sophomore directorial effort from television producer Marshall Herskovitz. In particular, the antagonist character Maffio Venier ... Full Review
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Catherine McCormack
Veronica Franco
Rufus Sewell
Marco Venier
Jacqueline Bisset
Paola Franco
Oliver Platt
Maffio Venier
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